Just this week my son Bali and I took a 15 hour train trip to the Gold Coast to visit my parents. I have mixed feelings about this train trip as although it was certainly an adventure it went on and on and took 15 hours before we finally arrived. I couldnt help but think how in the same amount of time we made this train trip should we have traveled by plane we would be somewhere on the US mainland or India if we traveled west. Yet to take 15 long and enduring hours to end up only 1000 kms from where we started was a little disheartening. In some parts of the train trip the scenery was beautiful however for most part we saw Australian scrub and cattle farms.
Bali and I were so relieved when we finally arrived on the Gold Coast some 15 hours later . We had woken at 5 am that morning for a 7 am departure. We had a lovely time at the Gold Coast staying at my parents house and spending time with them. Bali and I were very happy to catch an aeroplane back on our return journey and the very quick 1 hour that it took made us both so thankful that we also have planes as a travel option.